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AT'TORNEY "C. AALBORG CLOTHES WASHER 'Filed July 19, 1924 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR C/rrv'sf/an Aa/bory BY I ATTIORNF" Oct. 9, 1928.

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c. VAALBORG 5 2 CLOTHES WASHER 'Filed July 19, 1924 5 sheet -sheet 5 WITNESSES: INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented @et'. 9, 1928.

LYNNE HOUSE ELECTRIC & ivi'annraornniua- VANIA.

Application filed July 19,

My invention relates to machines for washing and has special relation to clothes washers.

An object of my invention is to provide a container which is rotatable in a washing position and in a drying position and movable, with facility, from one ofthese posi tions to the other.

Another object of my invention is to provide a container which is rotatable in a Washing position and in adrying position and also rotatable in changing from one of these positions to the other about an axis which is inclined to the vertical.

A further object oi my invention is to provide a cylinder in a container, which is rotatable abouta horizontal axis and about a vertical axis and movable from one oi these positions to the other without necessitating movement of the container.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a container which is supported in a Washing and in a drying position, the center of the container, in both positions,

' being at substantially the same point.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a construction which is strong, durable, simple and easy to manufacture.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view of a machine embodying the invention, showing the cabinet in section and the other parts in elevation.

Fig. 2.is an elevational view taken from the left end of the device, as viewed in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line III-III of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4: is a detail sectional view taken on the line IVIV of Fig. 3.

Fig. '5 is a vertical sectional view of a modification of the device.

Fig. 6 is a detail view taken on the line VIVI of Fig. 5, and

Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view of another modification of the device.

A machine embodying the invention comprises a cabinet 1, a cylinder 2 therein and a motor 3.

Fig. 1' illustrates the washing position of the cyinder 2 which may be a container for clothes, dishes or the like and which, in this position, rotates on a horizontal axis. The cylinder is provided with aligned trunnions COMPANY, A CORIORILTIGN OF PENNSYL- ono'rnns wasnnn.

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1 which are journaled for rotation on a yoke.

The yoke is provided with a long arm 5, a short arm 6 and a cross portion 7. An end of the long arm 5 carries a pivot 8 rotating in a bracket 10 secured within, and ad acent to, the top of the cabinet 1. The yoke is mounted for rotation on a sleeve 11 having a reduced end which extends through an opening in the yoke.

Fig. 3 illustrates the position of the cylinder 2 during the drying operation, the cylinder being then rotatableabout a vertical The yoke maintains the cylinder in either its washing or its drying position by reason of the locking action of a latch 12, which is urged by a spring 13 into one of a pair of recesses 14 in the end of the long arm 5 ot' the yoke. The latch 12 extends exteriorly of the cabinet 1 and is manually controllable. When the latch is retracted from engagement with arm'5, the entire yoke and the cylinder 2 are movable on the pivot 8 and the sleeve 11, from the washing to the drying position or vice versa. I

In the washing position, the cabinet 1 serves as a container for water which may be of a depth such as is indicated by the line, AA in Figs. 1 and 3. In this position, the cylinder 2 is rotated by a bevel gear 15 secured on a trunnion i and meshing with a bevel gear 16, on one end of a shaft 17, journaled in the short arm 6 oi the yoke. On the other end of the shaft 17 is a bevel gear l8 which meshes with a bevel gear 20 on an inclined shaft 21 which rotates in the sleeve 11. The inclined shaft 21 is rotated by a worm drive 22 to which power is transmitted through a change-speed mechanism, indicated conventionally at 23, through a shaft 24 driven by the motor 3 through a belt-and-pulley drive 25.

The change-speed mechanism 23 is controllable by an operator through a rod 26 .movable by means or" a handle 27.

Theworm drive is encased in a housing 28 depending iron 1a bracket 29 secured to the cabinet. Obviously, in swinging the yoke and the cylinder 2 from the washing to the drying position, bevel gears 18 and 20 remain proportioned that the cylinder shall be thus located, as the water may readily be drained off.

The operator nanipulates the changespeed mechanism 23 to drive the cylinder 2 at high speed during the drying operation.

In the modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6, a pivot 31 is disposed below a cylinder 32, and a motor 33 is located adjacent to the top of a cabinet 34, as is, also, a change-speed mechanism 35. From the change-speed mechanism 35, the power is transmitted, through a worm drive 36, to a shaft 37. The shaft 37 and the worm drive 36 are located in a housing 38, which, at one end, serves as a bearing for the shaft 37 and, at the other end, is formed into tubular extension 39 into which a ring 40 is fitted for rotation. The ring 40 is secured to a closure 41 for the housing 38, which closure is formed integrally on the long arm 42 of a yoke. A bearing 43 for shaft 37 is formed on the ring 40.

The ring 40 is provided with spaced recesses 44 for the reception of a latch 45 under the urge of a spring 46.

A bevel gear 47 on a shaft 48 meshes with. a bevel gear 50 on the shaft 37. From the shaft 48, power is transmitted to the cylinder 32, in the same manner as in the modification shown in Figs. 1 to 4.

In Fig. 5, the washing position is indicated in full lines. After completion of the washing operation, the latch 45 is retracted, and the yoke and the cylinder 32 are rotated on the pivot 31 to the dotted-line position, the ring 32 completing a rotative movement of 180 degrees in the extension 39. The gears 47 and 50 remain in mesh during this change of position.

The modification shown in Fig. 7 is somewhat similar to that shown in Fig. 5, the motor 51 having a somewhat similar location. In this modification, the motor 51 has a driving relation with a gear 52 which meshes with a large gear 53 and a small gear 54. All of these gears are indicated in dotted lines. The large gear 53 drives a bevel gear 55, and the small gear 54 drives a bevel gear 56. A housing 57 is provided for the bevel gears. A support 58, within the housing, carries a pivot 60 on which a long arm 61 of a yoke is rotativcly mounted The shaft 62, mounted on the long arm 61, extends beyond the pivot 60 and carries a bevel gear 63. The washing position is shown in full lines.

The container 64 and the yoke are rotatable about the pivot 60 and are movable into the dotted-line position wherein the drying operation occurs. The bevel gears 63 and 56 are then in mesh. A latch 65 locks the parts in the washing and in the drying positions. As the drive from the motor 51, when the parts are in washing position, is through the medium of the large gear 53, the cylinder 64 Again, the aXis of the cylinder need only be nearly horizontal in washing position and nearly vertical in drying position.

The cabinet and the cylinder need not have the shapes illustrated and the invention may be carried out with these members greatly varied as to shape and size. l/Vhile the principles of the invention are particularly important in connection with washing machines, they may be applied in dish washers and other apparatus.

The details described and shown are merely illustrative and the invention is not limited thereto but is capable of widely diversified embodiment. A substantial range of equivalents is contemplated within the spirit of the invention and scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination of an outer container, a support, an inner container mounted to rotate on said support and means serving to secure said support for rotation within said outer container about an axis inclined to the vertical.

2. The combination of an outer container, a sleeve secured within said container, and inclined to the vertical, a support mounted for rotation on said sleeve and a container mounted for rotation on said support.

The combination of an outer container for a washing fluid, a sleeve inclined to the vertical and extending through the wall, of said container, a yoke pivotally mounted on said sleeve, a basket rotatably supported on said yoke, and means for so locking the yoke that the basket shall be partiall Y immersed in a washing fluid or shall be located thereabove.

4. In a washing machine in combination, a support, a clothes basket trunnioned in the support, said support: being disposed for movement to permit the setting of the clothes container axis in vertical and horizontal positions, fixed means for operating the clothes basket and means driven by said fixed means to maintain continuously a driving connection between the clothes basket and said operating means as the container is moved to horizontal and vertical positions.

5. In a wash ng'machine in combination, a container, a support rotatably mounted in the container, a rotatable clothes basket carried by the support, said basket being disposed in the support to provide for the setting of its axis in a vertical or horizontal position by the oscillation of the support, fixed means for operating the clothes container and means for maintaing continuous driving connections between said fixed operating means and the clothes basket.

6. In a washing machine in combination, a fluid container, a clothes basket, rotatable means for supporting the clothes basket in the fluid container, said clothes basket being disposed in the support to permit the shifting of the basket axis to a vertical or horizontal position by the oscillation of the support, and means for maintaining continuously driving connections with the clothes basket.

7. In a washing machine in combination, a fluid container, a support rotatably mounted in the container, a plurality of bearings carried by the support, a rotatable clothes basket mounted between the bearings disposed to provide for the shifting of its axis to vertical and horizontal positions by the oscillation of the support, means for actuating the clothes basket and means for continuously maintaining driving connections between the actuating means and the clothes basket in its several positions.

8. In a washing machine, in combination, a fluid container, a frame pivotally mounted in the container, a clothes basket trunnioned in the frame, the axis of the clothes basket being disposed angularly relatively to the axis of the frame to effect shifting of the axis of the clothes basket by a turning movement of the frame to permit the clothes basket to revolve about a ver ical or a horizontal axis, locking means to hold the frame in either of the two positions, and a fixed power. drive for the clothes basket in continuous engagement therewith, both during the turningmovement of the frame and the operation of the clothes basket about either axis.

9. In a washing machine, the combination with a container for a washing fluid, a support in the container, and a clothes basket disposed in the support to be movable to washing and to drying positions, of motive means fixed outside of the container to supply energy to actuate the basket, and means connected to the motive means and movable with the basket for transmitting actuating energy to the basket during its movement from one position to another and in either position.

10. In a washing machine, the combination with a container for a'washing fluid, a support in the container, and a clothes basket disposed in the support to be movable to washing and to drying positions, of motive means fixed outside of the container to supply energy to actuate the basket, and means extending through the support and movable with the basket for transmitting actuating energy to the basket during its movement from one position to another and in either position.

11. In a washing machine, the combination with a container for a washing fluid, a support in the container, and a clothes basket disposed in the support to be movable to washing and to drying positions, of the motive means fixed outside of the container to supply energy to actuate the basket, and power-transmitting means between the motive means and the basket for maintaining a continuous driving connection as the basket is moved from one position to the other.

12. A washing machine comprising a container for washing fluid, a motor fixed outside of the container, a power shaft extending into the container, a speed-change mechanism between the motor and the outer end of the shaft, a bearing sleeve for the shaft supported at one corner of the container, a supporting bracket disposed on the container at a corner diagonally opposite to the bearing sleeve and in axial alinement therewith a yoke rotatably supported between the sleeve and the supporting bracket, a clothes .basket rotatably mounted on said yoke, and a power transmitting element on said yoke for maintaining a continuous power connection between the motor and the basket.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 26th day of June, 1924.

CHRISTIAN AALB ORG. 

